Turki bin Muqrin Al Saud

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Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox royalty Turki bin Muqrin Al Saud (Arabic: تركي بن مقرن بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود; born 1973) is a pilot, businessman, the CEO of Rabigh Wings Aviation Academy (RWAA), and a member of the House of Saud, one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He also is the president of the Saudi Air Sports Federation.[1]

Early life

Prince Turki was born in 1973[2][3] to former Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz. He is a nephew of King Salman of Saudi Arabia and one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz. [3][4] He is a brother of Mansour bin Muqrin and Fahd bin Muqrin.[2]

Career

Prince Turki is "a licensed helicopter and fixed wing pilot,"[5] and a board member of the Saudi Aviation Club.[6] Prince Turki is a founding shareholder of the Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company, holding 2% of the company.[7] Prince Turki founded and owns a real-estate company in Turkey.[4] Before Rabigh Wings Aviation Academy (RWAA), Prince Turki established aviation schools in the United Kingdom and Lebanon.[8] He is also one of the main shareholders of RWAA.[8]

On 27 May 2012, the Royal Jordanian Air Academy (RJAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rabigh Wings Aviation Academy "to develop cooperation between the two academies and share experiences in the fields of aviation and aircraft maintenance."[9] The MoU was signed by Prince Turki and Director General of RJAA Captain Mohammed Khawaldeh.[9]

In a Saudi Gazette interview, Prince Turki gave the synopsis, "I have been flying since 1991 and started with helicopters in the UK. When I moved back to Saudi Arabia, I learned from many people that it is much easier to fly fixed wing here than helicopters, so I went to study fixed wing flying and got my licence. I now hold the US Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) licence. Since I started flying in Saudi Arabia, I met many pilots and other people who would love to fly here, so I decided to start a flying school about two years ago."[8]

Prince Turki is chairman of the Saudi Development and Training Company.[10]

References


External links

  1. ↑ Saudi Air Sports Federation, Sole Official Representative for Kingdom.  Saudi Press Agency.  Retrieved from link
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Family Directory Data Arabia.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 HRH Prince Turki bin Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Biography.  (26 June 2013)  Arab Royal Family.  Retrieved 14 July 2014 from link
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  5. ↑ Street Eagles ride to meet Sky Eagles Archived 9 September 2012 at archive.today Saudi Gazette
  6. ↑ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
  7. ↑ Founding Shareholders.  Retrieved from link
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Taking to the sky in Rabigh.  Saudi Gazette.  Retrieved from link
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jordan News Agency (Petra) -RJAA, Rabigh Wings Academy seal cooperation agreement.  petra.gov.jo.  Retrieved from link
  10. ↑ Arabian Aerospace - SDT appoint Mark Kane as CEO.  Retrieved from arabianaerospace.aero
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